Caged Music by Agustin Castilla-Avila

Today is John Cage’s birthday and fittingly I recieved these videos from composer Agustin Castilla-Avila. The guitar is re-imagined or ‘caged’. Here’s what the composer had to say about Caged Music III:

It is the third piece (out of 4) of the cycle “Caged Music”. In this one, I “caged” a very popular theme on the guitar: “Recuerdos de la Alhambra” by Tárrega. My intention with the cycle was to focus on the intimacy of the instrument.

Caged Music III by Agustin Castilla-Avila. Performed by Athenaeum Guitar Trio.